delay
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
delay/dɪˈleɪ/
▶verb
- 1 become or cause to become late or slow.
- 2 postpone or defer.
– derivatives
delayer noun.
delayer noun.
– origin ME: from OFr. delayer (v.).
'delay' also found in these Oxford entries:
ado
- bar
- belated
- buy
- demur
- developmental delay
- dilatory
- drawl
- drop
- dwell
- forthwith
- grass
- hang
- hold
- hold-up
- immediacy
- impede
- intervene
- keep
- knocker
- laches
- lag
- last
- lentivirus
- moratorium
- nail
- offline
- patience
- procrastinate
- prompt
- rather
- retard
- self-timer
- set
- stall
- stave
- stay
- stonewall
- straight
- surcease
- suspend
- tarry
- train
- wait
